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HobbitGamer

Do you have a spare external you could clone onto or something and see if just a drive swap would clear it up? I don’t really follow computer stuff since like 2005. I shifted all that energy to vehicle engines. If you need drivers for Win 95, or to write hex or binary, I can still do that 😂

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Eel

I think I would need to buy a new one. I haven’t really done anything like this either.

Seeing how slow it is to use, I can’t imagine how long would it take to clone the entire contents of the old drive.

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HobbitGamer

Uck. Well I’d imagine they’re a lot cheaper now so I guess there’s that.

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SheldonRandoms

I had OVER 9000 sliders on Mother's day!

I made Sheldon & Mr. Randoms back on Flipnote Hatena, now i'm a kangaroo mod that has a funko pop collection!

I'm not keen politics since that stuff is spooky, I'd rather watch SpongeBob over Fox News anyways!

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NEStalgia

@Morpheel "Being touristic and all, most restaurants go bother to add English translations to their menus."

I see what you did there.

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ThanosReXXX

@Morpheel Is that laptop the only Windows machine that you have, or do you also have a desktop PC?
If so, I could probably guide you through what to do, and how to clone your laptop's drive on the desktop PC, which will probably go a lot faster.

The bigger question, or perhaps the only important one, will probably be: is it worth the trouble and the cost?
If the laptop is too old and slow, then you'd seriously have to consider that it might not be.

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Eel

I have a windows tablet/laptop that I use when I travel.

For now I can use that just fine, though I don’t like using it as my main machine, because I don’t want to overwork it.

After all the more I use it, the more likely I am to get careless around it.

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ThanosReXXX

@Morpheel So... instead of a laptop and a desktop, you have two laptops? This is starting to get a bit confusing...

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Eel

Well, I have a big clunker I can move around the house and use for everything without thinking about it, and a small sleek one that doesn’t take all the space on my backpack.

Of course the small sleek one gets babied and I don’t use it whenever the other one is an option.

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Octane

It's like having two children. One you actually care about, and the other one you keep locked up in the basement to do the chores.

Octane

HobbitGamer

@ThanosReXXX He keeps all his knitting designs on it, so you probably wouldn't help him out of principle

Basement labor is the best labor. It's like putting the broom in the pantry, but by itself!

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Eel

Don't be silly, those are safe in Dropbox.

On the subject of computers, I use the task bar vertically, on the right side of the screen. My brother always finds that weird.

Anyone else does it? Or is it unusual?

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Octane

Morpheel wrote:

Except you can just go and get a new one when the basement kid finally collapses!

Don't chuck 'em in the waste bin, they'll start smelling after a couple of days.

Octane

HobbitGamer

.....If you mean 'space efficient' because you're from outer space, sure.
Next you'll tell us purple glue sticks still don't taste like grape.

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ThanosReXXX

@Morpheel I'm sorry, but I'm gonna have to agree with @Octane. It's weird indeed.
And FYI: it is actually NOT more space efficient, seeing as the toolbar is only slightly shorter in vertical mode, but the bar itself is wider, so arguably, it actually takes up MORE space when placed vertically.

As for the two laptop conundrum: so, the one you don't use that often, is probably the newest one?
If so, Is it safe to assume that it has USB 3 ports, or is it older than that?

Anyway, regardless, you should look online for a universal hard drive cloning device (often times also referred to as HDD docking station), such as the ones found on this page:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdd+docking+station+universal&...

Doesn't have to be an expensive one, just one which you know is compatible. In your laptop's system menu, you can find info on what kind of hdd is installed. I'm assuming it's SATA, but it can also be older.

All laptop hdd's are 2.5inch, so that's one thing that we already do know. You can remove it, by opening up the bottom of your laptop, or sometimes, there's a cover on the side or back, that offers access to the drive.

Once you get it out, all you have to do is buy an exact same size and model hdd, put both of them in the cloning device, and then connect that to a PC or your other laptop, and install the program that comes with the cloning device. It'll make a 1:1 copy of your old drive, which should not take that long, depending on the size of the drive, and the speed of the computer that the cloning device is connected to, but on USB 3.0, it shouldn't take more than an hour at the very most, for a mid size to large capacity drive.

After that is finished, all you'll have to do is install the newly cloned drive into your laptop, and it should be fine once again.

I also own one of these docking stations, and I have cloned both internal and external drives with it, so far as I'm concerned, it's pretty handy to own one of these gizmos.

Tip: if you do decide that it's worth the trouble, and you're going to buy one of these devices, then make sure it's one that's also compatible with normal desktop PC drives, aka 3.5 inch ones. You may never know if you'll one day decide to get a big boy PC...

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